Recipe of the week:
Cheater 2-Ingredient Muffins

Based solely on the name of this week’s recipe, we’re guessing that some of you might be a bit cynical, wondering how in the world a 2-ingredient muffin can be achieved without breaking every tooth you have.

But according to our go-to cheater recipe provider Susan Stephens, not only are 2-ingredient muffins possible, they’re quite tasty as well.  If Susan isn’t careful, she might find herself in a full-time cheater recipe finder position.

“Yes, this (recipe) does work!” Susan said. “These are very moist muffins. I thought they were even better the next day.”

She suggests serving the muffins warm with reduced fat cream cheese.

Cheater 2-Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins

The 2 ingredients are…

1 box spice cake mix

1 (15-oz.) can solid pack pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)

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Optional extra ingredients…

½ cup chopped nuts
½ cup dried fruit
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

Prepare two muffin tins with cupcake papers.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together the cake mix and pumpkin until smooth, about 2 minutes. Stir in nuts and fruit if using (I used chopped walnuts and chopped dates).

Fill muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes.

Yield: 24 muffins